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We the People

Tribute to Ben Rivers 2014 / We the People / United Kingdom 2004

Streets, houses without windows, excited voices, and someone fleeing – but there’s not a soul in sight, no trace of life. Still, the tension is palpable. A 60-second game of the imagination on a moment in history.

We the People We the People

Synopsis

Someone is fleeing down streets lined with windowless houses – or that’s what the soundtrack suggests, since neither the fugitive nor anyone else is anywhere to be seen. Even so, this simple movie provokes tension and inspires interest in a specific event, whose interpretation and construction the film encourages us to ponder. The staged streets could, so to speak, be a model created by a handyman but the representation in the film is too horrifying for that. Even in the span of a mere minute, the interplay of image and sound creates an unexpectedly powerful atmosphere.

About the film

1 min / Black & white, 16 mm

Director Ben Rivers / Screenplay Ben Rivers / Dir. of Photography Ben Rivers / Editor Ben Rivers / Producer Ben Rivers / Contact LUX

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LUX
Waterlow Park Centre, Dartmouth Park Hill, N19 5JF, London
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 203 141 2960
E-mail: [email protected]

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Ben Rivers
Film Director

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